Dr. Plemmons provides research-based testimony and technical assistance to legislatures on occupational licensing, healthcare scope of practice, licensure compacts, and certificate-of-need laws. In 2026 she submitted written testimony on at least 56 bills across 23 states; in 2025, on 24 bills across 16 states, plus invited in-person testimony in Texas.
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Invited In-Person Testimony and Federal Outreach (Highlights)
- Invited in-person testimony (2025): TX HB 3794, TX SB 1859, TX SB 3008. Senate State Affairs, Texas.
- Invited in-person and written testimony (2024): interim committee meeting on nurse practitioner independent practice authority. Health and Human Services Committee, Texas.
- Research-to-Policy Collaboration Hill Day (2023): research briefings for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
- Invited research dissemination during bill presentation for SB26 (2024). Senate Business and Labor Committee, Utah.
- Expert knowledge requested on the status of licensure in the United States (2021). U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Study Committee.
- Verbal testimony on SB26 (2021). Senate Finance Committee and Senate Labor & Commerce, Alaska.
- Written and verbal testimony on SB40 (2020). Committee on Regulatory Reform, Michigan.
Written Testimony, 2026 (56 Bills, by State)
- AK: HB 352
- AL: HB 156
- AZ: HB 2438, HB 2251
- FL: HB 375, SB 917
- HI: HB 1704, SB 2080, SB 2491, HB 1857
- IA: HF 930, SSB 3116, HSB 654
- IL: HB 4913, SB 2879, HB 4369
- KS: HB 2533, HB 2532, HB 2676, HB 2702
- MD: SB 333, HB 619, HB 838, SB 568, HB 1021, SB 562
- ME: LD 2030
- MO: SB 1016
- ND: SB 2402
- NE: LB 735
- NH: SB 453
- NM: HB 32, HB 33
- OK: HB 3934
- RI: HB 7424, SB 2458
- SC: HB 4752
- SD: HB 1146, HB 1148, HB 1149
- TN: SB 1526, SB 1532, HB 1584, SB 2544, HB 2145, HB 1590, HB 658, HB 2315, SB 2570, SB 502
- VA: HB 627, HB 575
- VT: S 163
- WA: HB 2425, SB 6107, SB 5924
Written Testimony, 2025 (24 Bills, by State)
- AR: HB 1132, HB 1244
- AZ: HB 2190, SB 1075, HB 2164
- CT: HB 5195, HB 5711, HB 6600, SB 709
- HI: SB 629, HB 1194
- IL: HB 4357
- KY: HB 355
- MD: HB 735, HB 534
- ND: HB 1035
- NE: LB 437
- OH: SB 52
- RI: HB 5355
- VA: SB 910
- VT: H 47
- WA: SB 5112
- WI: AB 257
- WV: SB 526
Selected Earlier Written Testimony (2020–2024)
- S1354 (2024). Senate Ways and Means Committee, Massachusetts.
- Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations, on the status of Certificate of Need (2024). Kentucky.
- HB4357 (2024). Senate Licensed Activities Committee, Illinois.
- SB6801 (2024). Senate Higher Education Committee, New York.
- SB196 (2024). Senate Health Committee, Ohio.
- SB760 (2024). Senate Health and Human Services, Hawaii.
- HB1222 (2024). Senate Health and Human Services Committee, New Hampshire.
- SB440 (2024). House Executive and Administration Committee, New Hampshire.
- HB1773 (2024). House Emerging Ideas Committee, Missouri.
- SB145 (2024). Senate, Wisconsin.
- SB112 (2023). House Human Services Committee and Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee, Montana.
- Brief of Amici Curiae, Occupational Licensing Scholars (2022). Georgia Supreme Court, Case No. 2018CV306952.
- Section 5.01(c)(1) of SCT Rule 7 (2022). Appellate Courts, Tennessee.
- HB203 (2021). State and Local Government Committee, Ohio.
- Public presentation (2022): “Affordable Healthcare in NH: New Ideas for Old Problems.” Center for Ethics in Society, Saint Anselm College.